1. Click the menu File -> Open, choose a midi from the library to play (non-piano midi would result in rough tune).
2. Follow the letters displayed of the playing sheets. Match your playing in tune with the rhythm.
3. Click File -> Reopen to play recent files.
4. Click PageDown or Pageup for paging. In scoring mode, paging would lead to the Zero Clearing.
5. Click Stop/Reset button to return to start.
The main interface
Settings Panel
Difficulty: Easy, Normal or Hard. Easy set offers you a friendly playing with chord-assistance function; in Normal set, the assisted chording would be decreased; in Hard set, chording assistance is unavailable, which means you need to chord it by yourself.
Play mode: Free or Score. Set Free to practice with no tempo limit and scoring control; set Score to grade your own playing with tempo prompting.
Keyboard : Auto or Fixed. Auto set would calculate the notes automatically then make the proper mapping of key-note; in Fixed set, the key-note mapping is fixed.
Play Panel
Play panel displays the letters which are converted from the input midi. Two lines form a playing sheet. When you finish playing of the first line, it will automatically turn the next one.
Control Buttons
recording:click it to record your playing..
Play / Pause: click it to play the setting music; click it again to pause the playing.
stop / reset : click to stop your playing/recording; or return to the first line of the playing sheet and zero your scores.
playback button: click to open the playback window to enjoy your record.
Playback window
Your playing record will display as txt file in the playback window. There are 3 buttons in the lowest part, from left to right, they correspondingly are Playback, Stop (the playback) and Exit (the playback window). You can copy then paste the record of your friends to enjoy, but remember to delete your own before copy.
Menu
File -> Open: open a midi to play.
File -> Open URL: open midi by url. This URL MUST be a midi file url, rather than the webpage which contains the midi file.
File -> Reopen: shows you the recent files.
File -> Exit: shut off your Dream Computer Piano.
View: set your favorite view size as appropriate.
Background: set your favorite back scene. It has offered you with 3 beautiful backgrounds already; or you can select one of your own (Jpg, 600*400) .
Play Online:play the piano on web page, other players can listen when you playing. This feature is not the part of this software, it depends on the service provided by third parties, Dream computer piano DO NOT promise providing the service all the time.
Help: provide you with Help support and to register your Dream Computer Piano.
Download new version: Display when there is a new version, click it to open the download page.